Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 417 Two Attacks
At four o'clock in the morning on May 1789, 5, that is, at the time of Yin Zheng on May 17, Qianlong 54, as Zhao Xin issued an attack order at the Juergen City headquarters, the various departments of the Northern Navy, which had been preparing for two months, arrived at the attack position , finally started to launch.

Zhao Xin's concept for this battle is to "lure the enemy on the west front, attack on the east front, advance by sea and land, and go straight to Hunchun."

The specific combat deployment is: Hu Ji led two regiments on the western front with 5000 people to attack the Qing army entrenched in Xiaobai Mountain.After conquering the Qing army camp on Xiaobai Mountain, they went straight to the city of Dasang Ula on the east bank of the Songhua River, cutting off the connection between the Qing army and Jilin in the direction of Boduna and Alchuka.At the same time, after Huji's troops captured the Tujiao station, they divided their troops to attack the Eyinchu station, [-] miles southeast of Jilin, and formed a pincer attack on Jilin with the troops of Dashang Ula, forcing the Qing army in the Hunchun camp to attack Jilin. West reinforcements.

The Eastern Front consisted of Jiuzang's Third Regiment, Lu Shoushan Second Regiment plus a recruiting regiment.Lu Shoushan's troops and the Xinbing Regiment launched an attack from the north bank of the Mongolian River, wiped out the enemy troops on the south bank of the Mongolian River, and captured the three fortresses of Sachi City, Gangouzi City, and Yingchengzi City along the post road; the Jiuzang Regiment followed the Mongolian River to In the west, they captured the fortress of Tongken Mountain, and then crossed the Mahlehuliwoji, and took Odoli directly, and encircled the Qing army reinforced by Hunchun, making it stop at the east of the Burhatu River.

As for the navy, Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng led the Thunder God, Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] and ten inland river ships, and led a battalion of the Marine Corps and [-] Ainu soldiers. The river entered the sea and went up the river to the confluence of the Hunchun River and the Tumen River. They seized the wharf and ferry on the Hunchun River, and took down Shuiliufeng City and Shitouhezi City to prevent the enemy from fleeing south.

In Zhao Xin's order to Deng Fei and Ding Guofeng, he mentioned that if there was any change in Li Chao's army, he could take advantage of the opportunity to attack Qingyuan Mansion and Qianyuanpu on the west bank of the river mouth, so as to find a foothold for retaking the entire southern foot of Jiangyuan later.

Following Huji's order, 12 mortars and six 75mm field guns belonging to the two regiments launched shelling on the two Qing army fortresses on the east side of Xiaobai Mountain.

The howling artillery shells woke up the Qing army from their sleep, and everyone, whether it was the co-leader or the armored soldiers, panicked.

"Beihai soldiers are here! Run, ah!"

The co-leader, who was only wearing a single shirt, raised his foot, drew the steel knife from the deserter, and shouted at the Qing soldiers who were avoiding the shelling everywhere in front of him: "Anyone who escapes and disturbs the morale of the army will be killed without mercy!"

After finishing speaking, he pointed at the gunner of the Qing army who was crouching under the wall with his knife, and ordered: "Quickly, go to the fort and fire!"

The gunner of the Qing army stammered: "Big, big, big, big, my lord, where are you going to fight? It's so pitch black that you can't see the enemy at all."

Xie Ling came up with a kick and cursed: "What nonsense, hit the mountain down!"

As soon as the words fell, a group of Qing soldiers heard a mournful roar from above their heads.boom!The co-leader who was showing off his power just now was immediately smashed to pieces, and the steel knife in his hand was blown into pieces. With the shock wave splashing around, he instantly hit several Qing troops who were running around.

The Northern Navy's reconnaissance team had already done a detailed reconnaissance of the coordinates of the various facilities in the fort. At this moment, the artillery behind the attacking force only needed to roll call the inside of the Qing army's fort one by one according to the data provided by the reconnaissance team.

Amid the constant explosions, several Qing army gunners still pushed and pulled a sky cannon into the firing position.The gunner responsible for charging puts in the gunpowder, and then stuffs a wooden board into the muzzle; another gunner carefully ignites the explosive bomb, and then quickly stuffs it into the gun bore; the third gunner quickly puts the fire fork in his hand Pierce into the fire door at the breech of the gun.

With a loud bang, a [-]-jin flowering bullet flew out from the muzzle shaped like a big bell, and fell to the dark place below the mountain in the changing light and shadow.As soon as the explosive bomb landed, there was a bang, and then a flame two or three meters high rose up, followed by a thick puff of white smoke.

In fact, it was a good thing that the Qing army didn't fire the cannon. When the cannon was fired, it immediately caused overwhelming artillery fire.Dozens of mortar shells and 75mm grenades launched a carpet bombing of the Qing army fortress in three bursts.When the offensive force of the Northern Navy rushed up later, only a dozen or so of the entire fortress of 500 people refused to defend survived.

The same offensive was also launched successively on the north bank of the Mongolian River and at the foot of Tongken Mountain. The Northern Navy caught the Qing army by surprise with lightning speed.

In the early morning light, a thousand vassals from the Sendai Clan, under the cover of hundreds of cannons from the Northern Navy, divided into groups of ten, dragged inflated rubber boats into the Mongolian River, and rowed desperately Oars, began to cross.

On the other side of the defense line of the Qing army, the hundred and ten Qing soldiers on duty threw long arrows and fired muskets with all their might. Behind them, thousands of Qing soldiers were wailing and howling after being bombarded by the artillery fire of the North Navy, and fled around aimlessly. .

When Na Qitai, with his helmet on crookedly and disheveled armor, rushed out of the tent with a knife, apart from the raging flames and the continuous explosion of smoke after the shelling, there were soldiers in disheveled clothes crying for help.

Seeing such a scene and hearing the constant explosions and gunshots in his ears, Na Qitai couldn't help yelling: "Fucking Zhao Xin, I can't help you at all! If you want gold, I'll give you gold! Lao Tzu Ning Guta also left it to you! Why didn’t you say something in advance when you fired.”

Just when Na Qitai was at a loss and jumped to scold Zhao Xin for being mean and shameless, his personal soldiers ran over and shouted: "My lord! We found the horse, let's run away! It's too late!"

While the two were talking, the soldiers of the Sendai Fan who forcibly crossed the Mongolian River had landed one after another, and then threw grenades into the camp wall of the Qing army camp; on the artillery positions of the Northern Navy, mortars, 75mm howitzers and three D30 howitzers Immediately began extended shooting.At the same time, two battalions of the Northern Navy also began rowing across the river.

How dare Na Qitai go back to Hunchun, the Mongolian River camp was lost so quickly, and the official security officer wanted his head.After thinking for a while, he ordered to several generals who surrounded him: "Move the right-wing musketeer battalion to the middle road, be sure to resist!"

"Whoo!"

"Is Tale Qulan here?"

"The end is here!"

"I order you to lead five hundred cavalry and cross the Mongolian River ten miles upstream. You must take down Zhao's artillery positions!"

"Whoo!"

After explaining the counterattack order, Na Qitai said to another of his opponent's soldiers: "Go to Tulamkalun to report the news, and let them tell the officer quickly that the Zhao thief launched a sneak attack in the early morning, and the Mongolian River camp may not be safe!"

The soldier didn't have time to kneel down, and then he bowed and cupped his fists and said, "Hey!"

A general of the artillery battalion asked eagerly: "My lord, what about the cannon?"

Na Qitai yelled: "Call the gunners, shoot me! Shoot back Bandit Zhao's troops!"

In addition to hundreds of mountain-splitting cannons and sky-rocketing cannons, the artillery deployed in the Mongolian River camp also has ten Weiyuan General Cannons weighing seven to eight thousand kilograms. You have to kill him too.

The gunners of the Qing army who were fleeing in all directions saw the big flag raised by the chief in the light of the flames, and immediately gathered there.To the north of them, hundreds of Qing army musketeers who had been gathered temporarily hid behind sandbags and fired muskets at the attacking northern navy.

However, Zhao Xin has been preparing for this "Hunchun Battle" for a long time. The arsenal produced a large number of hand grenades day and night. Seven or eight grenades were thrown over.

The Qing army who hastily resisted was bombarded by the grenade, and many people were dizzy and rushed towards the attacking Beihai Navy.

After only a stick of incense, as the musketeer battalion position in the middle was broken through, the attacking Beihai Navy immediately divided into three groups and began to outflank to the left and right.The gunners of the Qing army on the two wings were also in a hurry. They turned their muzzles and fired at the attacking North Navy with the mountain cannon.

Although the artillery of the Qing army killed and injured more than a dozen Sendai Fan soldiers with shotgun bullets, they couldn't stand the slow shooting speed. The other Sendai Fan soldiers rushed to a distance of 200 meters and started shooting with concentrated fire, killing and wounding the Qing Army's artillery crew.

Na Qitai's eyes turned red when he saw the Qing army in the middle road kept retreating. He led his Geshiha to form a supervisory team, and saw the fleeing soldiers either shooting or hacking to death.

However, with the fall of the two wing camps, the Qing army could no longer withstand the overwhelming grenade attack of the Beihai Navy, dropped their weapons and turned around and fled.More and more routs broke through the barrier of the supervising team and fled towards the mountains to the south.

Na Qitai stomped his feet angrily, raised his knife and pointed to the north and cursed: "Zhao Xin, I'm fucking your grandma!"

In the South China Sea in May, the spring breeze is blowing.Several whales surfaced, spouting water.Dozens of dolphins without dorsal fins followed the big boat on the sea surface, jumping out of the sea from time to time, bringing up pieces of shining waves.

The big ship Thor of the Northern Navy and the two motor sailing ships Beihai No. [-] and No. [-], dragging more than a dozen inland river wooden boats, have crossed Solenji Island and headed for Sishe Island in the southeast of Hunchun.

In the cockpit of the Thunder God, Ding Guofeng asked Deng Fei: "I said, if we really take down Qingyuan Mansion, will Li Chao mobilize the whole country?"

There was a smile on the corner of Deng Fei's mouth, and he said: "It's really not sure. How did you say Zhao Xin picked the place, and he had to go to Qingyuan Town."

Qingyuan Town, formerly known as Kongzhou, is one of the six northern towns established by the Li Dynasty, and it is also the earliest town established among the six northern towns.In addition, it also includes Huining Town, Zhongcheng Town, Qingxing Town, Wencheng Town, and Funing Town located in the south of the Tumen River.

"Qingyuan", just from the literal meaning, includes two levels of "celebration" and "origin".Historically, this place is closely related to the rise of the Joseon Dynasty.It is said that the "Land of Dragon Prosperity" in the Li Dynasty is Hamgyong Road, which is the foundation of his king's business.The Qingyuan Mansion is the source of the foundation of the Li Dynasty, just like Hetuala in the Qing Dynasty.

Thinking back to when Li Chenggui, the great ancestor of the Li Dynasty, honored his father and ancestors as kings for four generations at the beginning of his accession to the throne, Qingyuan Town in the early days was the cemetery of "King Muzu Renwen" and "Queen Li Shi of Xiaogong".Speaking of this Muzu, he was the "first thousand households and Daluhuachi" of the Qianhusuo of Wodong in the Yuan Dynasty.

From the end of the 50th century to the [-]th century, through [-] years of hard work, the Li Dynasty completed the unscrupulous northward expansion and pushed the northern border to the south bank of the Tumen River. However, the Ming Dynasty at that time never made any clear statement .

So it shows that the frontier management of the dynasty is really stupid. Except for Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di, the descendants are all a bunch of fools!Compared with Zhu Di who sent people to the mouth of the Heilongjiang River to build a monument to the Yongning Temple as evidence, the descendants of future generations don't even understand the situation in the Tumen River Basin, and they don't pay much attention to the frontier territory.

Do you understand why Li Chao played tricks with Man Qing to occupy the southern foot of Jiangyuan?Northern invasion is the established national policy of the Li Dynasty. If he does not occupy this area, the six northern towns of the Li Dynasty are like a bubble squeezed out of the peninsula; The connection between the town and the peninsula was completely cut off.

But the problem is that Zhao Xin is here. Since he knows this history, he will not let Li Chao go.Now that Beihai Town has become the co-owner of the border people of all ethnic groups in the outer northeast, not only the southern foot of Jiangyuan, but also Maoshan, where Jurchen Laotu and other tribes have lived for generations, must be taken back.

When the Northern Navy fleet suddenly appeared near the estuary of the Tumen River, it was immediately discovered by the Li Chao defenders on the beacon tower near Li Fengpo.Seeing the mountain-like big white boat approaching, the panicked Li Chao soldiers first lit the beacon tower in a hurry, and then sent soldiers to report the emergency to Qingxing Mansion.

As the smoke from the beacon tower on Li Fengpo's side billowed, the defenders of Qingxing Mansion dozens of miles away quickly got the news.Since the battle of the Fuljaha River, Li Chao has paid attention to boarding the big ship in Beihai Town.

When Cai Jigong went to Beihai Town to negotiate last year, he also saw several large ships on the wharf of Whale Harbor.

In order to prevent Beihai Town from harassing coastal villages and towns, Li Chao had already distributed the appearance characteristics of several large ships to the coastal prefectures.

When the soldiers from the Beacon Tower rushed to the city of Qingxing Mansion and saw Mr. Fu Yin's words, Fu Yin's heart skipped a beat, thinking, what are these "monsters" doing here?Is it to attack our country?
That's right, in the eyes of the scholars and officials of the Li Dynasty, Beihai Town is a group of monsters who do not respect the way of Confucius and Mencius.As for Zhao Xin's guise of being a descendant of Zhao Wang in the late Ming Dynasty, it is not easy to deal with Li Chao now.

After seeing Cai Jigong who came back from Beihai Town, Li Zhi trembled with anger from Zhao Xin's attitude.After obtaining permission from the Ming and Qing Dynasties, they began to mobilize troops and horses to the southern foot of Jiangyuan to build a line of defense.

Unexpectedly, today the Beihai Navy does not come from the land or the upper reaches of the Tumen River at all, but directly from the sea!
"My lord, please order the soldiers and horses in the city to prepare for resistance!"

Hearing his battalion officer pleading for orders, Mr. Fu Yin thought of the weak soldiers and horses in the city, and couldn't help but feel cold hands and feet, what the hell!

After a lot of thinking and thinking, he ordered people to kill pigs and sheep, and then asked people to go to the cloth shop in the city to collect white cloth, and made arrangements like this.

The Thunder God and Beihai No. [-] and No. [-] anchored three miles away from the mouth of the Tumen River. Deng Fei first sent several small boats into the Tumen River to measure the waterway.These inland sailboats are all equipped with diesel motors and self-made propellers, and travel very fast; according to Deng Fei's estimation, if there is no resistance along the way and the water depth is suitable, they can drive to the city of Hunchun in three hours.

Although the defenders on Li Fengpo had cannons, let's forget about Li Chao's cannons, it hurts self-esteem too much.

So the dozens of defenders could only huddle beside the beacon tower, watching the speedboats of the Beihai Navy swagger into the Tumen River in a daze.

"My God! What kind of ship is this?! How can it run so fast?"

"Look, look, what are they doing?"

"It seems to be measuring the depth of the water."

"Hmph, a group of monsters!"

"Hey? You understand this too?"

"Last month, Mr. Fu Yin posted a notice saying that coastal fishermen are not allowed to associate with the North Sea monsters. You don't even know this?"

"I, I can't read. Then why do you say they have a small boat?"

"If I knew, wouldn't I also become a demon?"

"Hey, hey, did you see that? Their boat has crossed the middle line of the river!"

"Damn it!" The leader of the defending army looked angry, thinking that this is too arrogant!He immediately said to a soldier holding an arquebus: "Go, shoot a warning, let them retreat!"

The stupid musketeer let out an "oh", then charged the musket, waited for the matchlock to start aiming, and this guy shot down the hillside.

"Bastard!" The leader of the garrison kicked the musketeer on the thigh, kicked him to the ground, and cursed: "Who told you to shoot at them? Won't you shoot at the sky?!"

This is really poking a hornet's nest. I saw the three Beihai soldiers on the rubber boat raise their guns and shoot together. The roaring bullets splashed the grass, trees, bricks and rocks on the beacon tower.

Only then did the soldiers of Li Chao know that they had caused a catastrophe, and they were so frightened that they ran away with their heads in their hands. In a blink of an eye, there was not even a single person on the beacon tower.

(End of this chapter)